Published date: 12 January 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 December 2023, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

tender_400512/1301384

Published date

12 January 2024

Closing date

8 December 2023

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

4 January 2024

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise.

Brief Description of Requirement

The aim of this tender is to obtain specialist services to generate a supplementary document to the Space Exploration Technology Roadmap published by the UK Space Agency in July 2023. This document will be focussed on the technology theme Space Nuclear Power.

The UK has a strong nuclear sector, and the Agency is interested to find out how this can be
applied to space exploration from small scale radioactive-isotope heating systems for space
instrumentation to power systems that support human exploration on planetary surfaces. The
Agency is also keen to understand the complimentary nature and/or overlap of these systems with other nuclear technology considerations that could be developed for a non-space purpose.

The Agency wishes to understand the UK capabilities in the wider international context, our
potential contribution to powering this international endeavour to explore the Moon and Mars,
understand the technology gaps and the options to overcome these gaps, to inform a potential
Agency R&D programme in this area.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

20 December 2023

Contract start date

4 January 2024

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Total value of contract

£45,025

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Grey Consultants Ltd (t.a. Exotopic)

Address

2nd Floor British Interplanetary Society, 27-29 South Lambert Road, London, SW8 1SZ

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk